Special Analysis 2007

High School Coursetaking

Table SSA-12. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of high school graduates, by highest level of foreign language course completed and selected characteristics: 2004

				Advanced academic level
Characteristic	None	Year 1 or less	Year 2	Year 3 or higher	Year 3	Year 4	Advanced Placement (AP)

Total	0.60	0.60	0.82	1.05	0.67	0.49	0.40
Sex
Male	0.77	0.77	1.02	1.19	0.84	0.53	0.42
Female	0.70	0.72	1.00	1.20	0.80	0.65	0.53
Race/ethnicity
White	0.62	0.73	0.95	1.29	0.81	0.62	0.49
Black	1.67	1.76	2.19	1.86	1.37	0.95	0.24
Hispanic	1.98	1.22	1.68	1.81	1.25	0.81	1.16
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.19	1.25	1.92	2.49	1.88	1.45	1.57
American Indian	7.76	5.38	5.64	6.21	4.87	3.69	0.47
Control of school
Public	0.64	0.65	0.86	1.11	0.71	0.51	0.42
Private	1.21	1.47	2.21	2.76	1.73	1.53	1.17

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/04), “High School Transcript Study.”

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